Dress form or stand.



.F. A. MONAHAN.

' DRESS FORM 0B. STAND. APPLICATION FILED 11111119, 1911.

1,073,157. Patented Sept. 16,1913.

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F. A. MONAHAN.

DRESS FORM OR STAND.

APPILIOATION FILED 1111139, 1911.

1,073,157, Patented Sept. 16,1913.

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FRANCIS ALOYSIUS MONAHAN, 015 LONDON, ENGLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Application filed. June 9, 1911; Serial No. 632,223.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS ALoYsIUs MONAHAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 102 Oxford street,

London, W., England, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Dress Forms or Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dress forms or stands and has for its object to provide a form or stand upon which the material of which a garment is to be made can be fitted and adjusted into the exact position in which the respective parts are to be sewn and secured together to form the finished garment and it has for its especial objects to provide simple and efliective means for fixing the position of the material or parts 0 with reference to the neck, arm and waist so that the fitting shall be exact and the liability to error through the mere pinning of the parts to the form or model shall be avoided, and also to provide means to permit of the arm, neck and skirt parts of garments to be mounted, fittedand loosely sewn or otherwise connected with the bust or bodice part in the position that these parts will assume in the finished garment. According to the invention in the provision of a model or form for a blouse or bodice or coat I provide the form or model of the bust with holes or recesses at the neck and at the side in position corresponding to the arm scye in the garment so that thus the material or constituent parts of which the garment is to be formed may be gathered into these holes and there fixed by suitable means. a

According to the invention moreover I provide a center part forming the neck of the form or model separate from the bust model proper and so formed as to fit within the recess provided as described and simi larly I provide an arm hole blank or block to fit into the recess provided at each side of the bust form or model of a shapecorresponding to the arm scye and so formed as to fit closely within the recess provided in the bust model or form so that thus the material at the upper end of the figure or of the parts, when gathered into the neck and arm holes-provided as described, may be firmly secured in position by the center neck piece referred to and by the arm hole blanks or blocks respectively.

to receive it in the bust model and having for its purpose to secure the edges of the respective parts of the blouse or bodice in position therein, while the other part or sleeve form is designed to be fitted over the first part and to be of a shape symmetrical with or corresponding to the first part and has for its purpose to serve as a form for and to carry the upper part ofthe sleeve so that thus the sleeve may be formed, fitted and placed in proper position with reference to the bodice or blouse.

According to the invention the neck block may be similarly provided with a neck form, consisting of a block of suitable shape around the periphery of which felt or other material may be secured, upon lwhich the neck band or part of the garment may be formed and fitted, so that onthe application of the neck form to the bust form the neck band-will come to lie in its proper position with reference to the bodice or blouse, for temporary connection therewith orby stitching.

' According to the invention, also, the lower part of the bust form and upper part of the skirt form may be recessed to receive the inwardly gathered edges of the material of the bodice or skirt, which may be retained in position by means of blocks or by applying the bust form upon the skirt form.

The application of the invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in, which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the form parts assembled together. Fig. 2 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, of an arm hole in the bust model or form. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale,

' of one of the arm blocks and the corresponding sleeve form. Fig. 4: is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the upper part of the bust form or model showing the neck recess. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the neck block and neck form. Fig. 6 is an elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the sleeve form device with the sleeve form in position. Fig. 7 is an elevaterial covered over with cloth or sateen or not as may be required and I provide in the bust model or form a central recess 7) whose peripheral edge corresponds to the lower part of the neck and with lateral recesses 0 corresponding to the arm scyes. I provide a center or neck block 6 having upon the under side pegs e adapted to pass into corresponding holes ,0 formed within the neck recess 7) so that when the block b is introduced in posit-ion in the neck recess it may beretained therein. I'may provide the recess Z) of the neck in the bust form or model lined with metal or some other durable substance or material. The arm hole recesses o in the bust model or form a are similarly formed and may also be provided with a metallic lining or a lining of some other durable substance or material. They are provided with one, two or more holes 6 into whichcorresponding pegs 6 may enter-that are provided upon the respective arm hole blocks 0 so that thus each block may be placed exactly in its position within its recess.

The neck block b and the arm hole blocks 0 may have their peripheries or :taces covered with felt or other material, by means of which material fornnng the neck band or arm part of the garment may be pinned .or other means for mounting-the sleeve form 0 in position uponthe bust model may 7 be used for applying the sleeve form upon a sleeve form device or bracket, which has for its purpose properly to form and iit the upper part of the sleeve, The sleeve form 0 is capable of ready withdrawal from the sleeve form device with the sleeve formed or fitted upon it and of being readily applied in position upon the bust model or form a,

7 the sleeve being applied in the positionin which it may be connected temporarily as by stitching to the arm scye of the bodice or blouse already fitted upon the bust model or form. r

In carrying this part of the invention into efiect I provide a bracket f which may be fixed on a stand or upon the wall or in any other suitable position and carrying a block f roughly formed of ashape corree sponding to' the shape of an arm hole. This block f may be made in a series of standard sizes and provided with felt' ,around its periphery for convenience in pinning or'otherwise temporarily mounting or* securing the sleeve in position thereon. This block f is also formed with one or more holes Z within it for the reception of the pegs (Z provided upon the sleeve form 0 which is. provided with a periphery symmetrical 'with or corresponding to that oi the block f and may also be made in a series of standard sizes. The sleeve formis provided of a shape suitable for forming the upper part l The sleeve is shaped upon of the sleeve. the sleeve form 0 and upon the'block f and after it has been suitably fitted and secured to the sleeve form it is applied in position upon the bust model. The bodice :or blouse which is already in position upon the bust model has the edge of the arm scyevsuit ably gathered into the arm hole recess 0 of the bust model, and the arm hole block ,0 is fitted so as to secure the edges in position therein. The'sleev'e form 0 carrying the sleeve is then mounted in position, the pegs (Z passing through the holes d cl? provided respectively in the arm hole block 0 and in the bust form a for the purpose of the fitting and connection of the sleeve in proper position to the bodice or blouse. In a similar manner a neck form 6 may be provided as a block of any suitable shape and depth, advantageously covered in felt or similar materialand provided with pegs h to pass into holes h 71 formed respectively in the neck block and bust form, to retain it in position during the connection of the neck band to the bodice or blouse. j

The sleeve fornnneck block and armhole blocks are each advantageously provided with two recessesg leaving a central part 9 by which it may be conveniently handled.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9 of the accom panying drawings the lower part of the blouse or bodice may be gathered into posi-.

tion within a recess a provided on the waist line under the bust model or form a, while a skirt form or model z is also provided having means to gather the upper edges of the skirt parts into a recess 71 't'ormed on the top of the skirt form or model on the waist line. Y

Blocks may be provided for mounting be- 7 neath the bust form, or upon the skirt form,

in the manner hereinbefore described. by means of which the edges of the respective parts of the garment may be retained in position for fitting, or instead the bust and skirt forms may be mounted one upon the other as shown in the drawing, pegs i being advantageously provided on the top part of the skirt model or form 71 to fit into corresponding holes a provided in determined position in the bottom of the bust model or form, so as thus to dispense with the necessity of separate blocks for retaining the edges of the respective garments in positio-n.

It will be understood that the invention is of general application to models, forms or stands employed for the purpose of fitting garments or for adjusting the respective p'artstogether in fixed relation to form the garment.

Again, the invention is not limited to the material of which the model or form is made for it may be made of any material other than that specified, for example, the bust model may be made of wire or partly of wire and the arm and neck parts may be formed of metal to'permit of the reception of the center neck part and the arm hole blanks or blocks referred to.

It will be also understood that the invention is not limited to the use of such means as pegs for retaining theparts in relative position. F or example, the neck block may be provided with an under or spigot part having a slightly tapered periphery so that -on the introduction of the neck block into the'neck recess it maybe retained therein by friction. it

Any means may be provided for securing the material to form the garment in position upon the model. 7 that I claim as my invention and desir to secure by LettersPatent is '1. A dress form or stand having recesses at-the neck and arms in which the edges of the material ofthe garment on the form or stand are gathered, blocks fitting into said.

recesses and correspondingin shape thereto and retaining the edges of thesaid material therein.

2. A dress form or stand having recesses at the neck and arms in which the edges of the material of the garment on the form or stand are gathered, blocks fitting into said recesses and members on which other parts of the garment are formed, said members being adapted to fit on said blocks.

3. A dress form or stand having recesses at the arms in which the edges of the mate rial of the garment on the form or stand adjacent the arms are gathered, and blocks fitting into said recesses and of a shape corresponding thereto, by which the edges of the material of the garment adjacent the arms may be retained within the recesses by the blocks aforesaid.

4. A dress form or stand having recesses at the arms in which the edges of the mate rial of the garment on the form or stand adjacent the arms are gathered, blocks fitting into said recesses, pegs upon the blocks for entry within corresponding holes at the bottom of the recesses and for mounting the said blocks in proper position within the said recesses.

5. A dress form or stand having recesses at the arms in which the edges of the material of the garment on the form or stand adjacent the arms are gathered, blocks fit ting into said recesses and corresponding in shape thereto, and blocks on which the sleeve parts of the garment are formed, and meansfor mounting the said blocks last referred to in proper position on the said dress form or stand.

6. A dress form or stand having recesses at the arms in which the edges of the material of the garment on the form or stand adjacent the arms are gathered, blocks fitting into said recesses and corresponding in shape thereto, and blocks upon which the sleeve parts of the garment are formed, pegs carried therebyby which the said blocks last referred to may be applied in proper position upon the dress form or stand.

7 A bust form having recesses at the arms in which the edges of the material of the garment on the form or stand adjacent the arms are gathered, blocks fitting into said recesses and of a shape corresponding thereto, by which the edges of the material of the garment adjacent the arms may be retained within the recesses by the blocks aforesaid, a skirt form upon which said bust form is mounted and means for mounting the said bust form in proper position upon the said skirt form, and a recess on the lower part of said bust form in which the edges of the garment may be gathered.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS ALOYSIUS MONAHAN.

Witnesses:

ROBERT OWEN HUGHES, HERBERT D. JAMnsoN.

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